The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1887-04-15
THETARIEF ONMUMMiES.
Respectfully
jesse N0rment.

We copy from the New York
Star, the best Democratic paper in
New York City:
''It seems to us tlatifthere be one
Imaginable instance IN which cir
clmstance invests the protection
theory with some semblunce ofdIg-
nifty, it is this instance Of mummies.
The tariff on mummjcs represents
no hardship TO the laboring man or
the producer OF our glorious country.
1t IS not like the iniqitous tax on
clothing and fuel and irOn-taose
necessities which men must have,
no matter at what ruinous cost.
The horny-handed tojIer, the artless
and coniding agriculturist, all our
happy mulitudes may go about
their daily occupations without one
single drain upon their hard earned
pluance from any tax that may be
SCI on mummies. Indeed, it may
be truly said that 81 very high, a
practically pr1hibitory tax on num-
mics would perhaps be TO the direct
benefit Of the working class, ia that
it won d lead TO the establishment
oil home factories; and wherever do
most;c industry may be fostered
without adding to the cost Of life.
lie Star has nostono to throw at The
system producing such result. II
some waste place way be made to
blossom with mummy shop, and
If tie silence Of The trackless for
est be replaced by the joyous hum
Of making, mummies far lie it from!
us to Interpose II protest. Nay
We should had the day. when every
dime museum III the land is
supplied with mummlss f domestic
production and fabulous antiquity,
and when tie cheap ana inferior
fabrics Of efIete Egypt may be
stcrny hantshcd from our shores.
But we are unalterably opposed
to Tree mummIes. Oar voice IS
for flee clothing, free fuel, free iron
hee necessities Of every vaiie y.
| We favor The obliteration of ali tax
es that bear upon the poor, the in
dustrious, the useful classes, but
We range ourselves against eva
sions, especially in The way of mere
Injuries. If the tariff On mummies
Is to be set aside, why not make
stuffed lizards free also? Why not
throw away the last subterruge and
admit dried monkeys at once.
no! Ne protest agains, these
sum, taarY exceptions. We insist
that our treasury officials lie spared
the stimn OF such controversies
We demaud tina, 50 long as prot,,'
zion retains a place in our policy
the great American industry ol
mummy making he fostered AND
developed.
Aud we add, VITA pride and con
tidence in equal proportions. thai
t.iis IS Tie best, the most lucId anC
the most sensible argument chat la.
ever bcen put forth In the matter o
a protective tariff Tor The Unitec
States"
The above is very good bur
lCsque OH cur Tariff Law. The
country has dri.ted to a point wher,
e, cry little corporation or joint
stsck company wants Its little in.
/ dusty protected and ali the bjg
cOrpO. a,lons and com binatioas ravt
] urout protection 10 American Indus
I uisa and American Labor, and all
the bile Ia ,ghirg in their sleeves a
the tOJy of the iaJOrers AMI nIe-
/ cAanics they are making fools OF
Sound Democratic Doctrine mems
only 80 much taxation a may bt
needed Tor Government eXpenes.
+ The Protective Tariff System is
SIMPLY stealing under sanction oI
.aw.
BootbIuoksate said to be suffering